6 episodes until they're all dead.

No no no. You don't seem to understand how Nanoha series work. Six episodes till Nanoha, Fate, Subaru, et al "make friends" with them.

"Make friends" being a Nanohaism for "beat the shit out of till they come arround to your point of view."

I don't think she's going to bother with that this time.

"If I were a bear, he'd be dead for sure."

Additional predictions: 50% fatality rate among the numbers. Subaru's sister is okay. Subaru is okay. Nanoha almost kills herself to kill the badguy and the big bad girl. Tea saves Nanoha by a hair. Fate acts dere.

Well yeah I suppose nanoha is about due for some touching villian deaths. But I still expect the majority will end up being someone's "friend with benefits."